I recently acquired this vintage Winchester 62A from my in-laws. It was my wife's grandfather, bought new in 1947 by him. Its in amazing shape and probably hadn't been fired in 30 years. I'm waiting for the in-laws to send along a photograph they have of the grandfather, with this rifle and his Ford Model A.

When I it was 'handed off' so to speak, the only stipulation was "this never leaves the family, otherwise, enjoy it and give it a good home!" I think its pretty neat to have a family heirloom firearm to keep passing down. I took it out with my father in law and we shot around with it this past weekend.

Anyway...nothing overly special, just a good condition old .22 with some family history!

Went out and snapped some decent pics in the 20* morning air (note frost on fence rails). Not my best work, I'll have to hit the thing with some Renaissance wax and do it some justice. I'm really looking forward to getting the pic with the Model A some time in the future, I might have to make a display for it.

When I sent a picture of it to MY father and told him it was from 1947, his reply was "I'm from 1947 too and it looks alot better than me!"







This picture gave me a REALLY good idea of how to display it in the future. I've got alot of old weathered fence slats as well as some larger weathered 2x6's from a split rail fence too, what would make a fantastic mount for the rifle.

That's a peach!

Congratulations. That is a fine rifle. I have a model 62 that my grandmother gave to my grandfather in 1935. That one too, will never leave the family.

When I was a "Young Lad" a Winchester Model 62 Pump Action .22 Rifle was every Kid's dream. Every Birthday and Christmas this was the gift I asked for. I finally received a .22 rifle- a used single shot Savage Model 1904.

61-62-63 Winchesters, the finest repeating 22s ever made, not
including their fine bolt actions.

Great rifle! When I was a kid the Winchester mod 62 was one of the
rifles that I badly wanted but could only look at the pics in the store
catalogs and dream about. Today I have three 62As, one in 22 Short
only and two in the usual S,L&LR. The 62 was meant to be a working
gun by Winchester. Skip the Ren wax and take it Squirrel hunting.

Cool gun and story. If I put it on display anywhere, it would be protected by an alarm, a Rotweiler and a moat...Enjoy!

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A real nice looking rifle, and good pics too!

a nice old gun... congrats on inheriting it. We have several items that have the same stipulation... that they never leave the family. Figuring on having the kids draw numbers from a hat for their great grandpa's Win 97, my old Rem 513 .22 & my old quail gun an Ithaca 37 20 ga, their grandparents oak roll top desk and antique National cash register from my parents jewelry store ... that way none can say there was favoritism.

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Very nice looking rifle. I shot my first squirrel with one of those. Unfortunately for me, it was a loaner at camp!

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Nice,,,,Very nice!
You gotta love those Winchesters!

I messed up not too long ago. One of my wife's friend's son had a Winchester Model 63 pump gun, not in bad shape, but un-cared for over many years. He indicated he wanted to sell it and wanted to know if I was interested (he's not a gun guy at all). I told him I'd take it home and clean it up, which I did, using brass wool and penetrating oil on the metal and Johnson's Paste Wax on the wood and metal. And it really cleaned up nicely, looked like new except for a few dings in the wood. When I took it back, he liked it so much he decided he would keep it.

Wow, that is a RARE one......

That's a great rifle!

I have a 62a that was my father's.

We have an old .22 pump in our family. It has a hexagon barrel, only shoots .22 shorts, has a large screw on one side of the rifle as I remember it. I haven't seen it in 40 years, my younger brother has it. It was used to keep the squirrel population down in a pecan orchard in Dallas.

My brother and I learned to shoot on a Model 62 and it is still teaching our grandkids how to shoot. Accurate and durable. A piece of art too. Love those old plinkers.

That's a sweet looking Winchester .Thanks for sharing!

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Very nice. My family heirloom "gun" is a 1930's Red Rider BB gun that my uncle gave to my father when he left for WWII. I inherited it from my father (who had orders for Korea when Stalin was kind enough to die) 11 months ago.

I too had a 62 A in the family ....but it got away when dad pawned it....he got it in 1950 new for Christmas when he was 8. It was the first gun I fired beyond bb guns...shot so many gophers with it as young kid, learned to clean it and treat it always with extreme care for safety...like all kids were or should be taught....fantastic rifles and quite valuable these days...sentimental value being higher for me than cash-congrats on another fine piece of Americana!

Fine example of an early Red Rider Rick! I have a 1940 model and it shoots harder than any of my other Daisies in my small collection! :->

Thanks everybody. It's a rifle that I'm sure to cherish and shoot! I'll have to pick up some shorts for it, as occasional pest control is necessary around my property.

Its a Model 90. Shooting gallery gun. I have my dad's model 90 that I learned to shoot with as a lad. My uncle ran a shooting galley in Detroit in the 1930's and gave the gun to my dad as a present on one of his trips back home. Wow, has that old gun been shot a bunch. It sits beside my grandfathers LC Smith turkey gun. Now have two grandsons so it will be hard to determine who receives which gun.

What a treasure! Workmanship that went into those oldies was incredible. Thanks for sharing a real gem with us.

Great rifle, nice condition too.
I really like the pics..

My 62(A) is marked just Model 62 on the bbl, but is a 62A coil main spring action.
The Model 62 (no 'A') used the flat spring of the Model (18)90 pump 22.
Winchester was just using up bbls with the older roll markings when they put mine together. Some collectors call it a transition,,I just call it a nice rifle that's fun to shoot.
Someone mounted a Weaver G4 in a side mount on the bbl just ahead of the recv'r. Accurate, but that has to go. I'll fill the holes in and they won't be seen. The scope can go on my Savage 29B pump.
Everything gets used up!

For those who love the old Winchester pump .22s, Ned Schwing's encyclopedic book Winchester Slide Action Rifles is indispensable and contains about everything anyone would ever need to know, including detailed disassembly instructions. Only problem is that it is out of print and likely to be quite costly.

Mine was given to me on my 12th birthday by my dad. He bought it at the naval PX in Guantanamo Cuba while serving aboard the battleship Iowa during the Korean War..... I took out a feral cat today that was killing my chukars, with it.

Nice rifle, never owned the 62 but I have it's well used ancestor, a 1906 model. Mine was made in 1911 according to the serial number and found on top of the furnace ducts by a fellow I knew when he was remodeling an old house he had bought. Not a gun guy he thought I would like it or could use the parts so he sold it to me. It had been in an old take down case but it wasn't closed tightly and had many years of dust in it.

After a lot of cleaning i was surprised to find it had a really nice bore so I repaired the broken forend and took it out to shoot. Shot well and has earned a permanent place in the gun safe. One of my favorite guns to shoot and just have a fun day with at the range or in the woods.

SWEET !
They don't get any nicer than that one , perfect for slipping along in the woods looking for the old fox squirrel.
Make plenty memories with it.
Gary

Great rifles. I had one and like a dummy sold it a few years ago. It was a lot of fun to shoot. I will have to buy another one when the opportunity is there. Best, TH

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Thanks again for the kind words.

Hey, Doc!!!

If you think that this fine rifle is nothing special, try buying one in this condition at a gun show...for under a grand.

That is a beauty!!! Thanks for sharing!! My dad had one when I was a kid, and he gave it to my SISTER!!! Drat!!!

Best Regards, Les

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A few years ago a buddy of mine picked up a nice 90 that was
"worn out". You wouldn't know it to look at at. The people that
sold it to him gave him a couple boxes of 22s with it. He brought
it over to see about getting a new barrel for it. The worn out
part turned out to be 22WRF, that they were trying to use 22lr. in.
Nothing wrong with gun at all.